Telkom has launched prepaid fibre, saying consumers who previously couldn’t apply for a broadband fibre line for credit-vetting reasons can now do so.
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Less than three years after terminating its roaming agreement with MTN in favour of a similar arrangement with Vodacom, Telkom is back roaming on the MTN network.
Telkom said on Friday that it’s revenue will remain flat for the six months to end-September, despite the growing demand from consumers for broadband.
New research from Ookla shows that MTN is South Africa’s fastest mobile network by some margin, followed by Vodacom and Telkom.
Telkom has asked Icasa for additional spectrum in the 2.3GHz band – and the company is willing to give up its holdings at 2.4GHz to make it happen.
Exclusive | Wireless broadband operator Rain has sprung to Icasa’s defence in the communications regulator’s legal showdown with Telkom over temporary spectrum.
Vodacom has filed court papers in support of an application aimed at stopping communications regulator Icasa from taking back temporarily assigned spectrum.
MTN has filed papers in the high court seeking to stop Icasa from taking back temporary spectrum at the end of November, joining Telkom in taking legal action.
Icasa said it will oppose Telkom’s court application that seeks to stop it from withdrawing temporarily assigned spectrum at the end of next month.
Telkom’s Openserve has started deploying fibre in city and suburban blocks, rather than across entire areas, in its war on copper cable theft.